Walpole's Administrator v. Bishop

This is a suit by the heirs at law of John Bishop, deceased, against Walpole’s administrator, to recover money collected by Walpole in his lifetime, as attorney of Bishop. The complaint alleges, that Bishop died in 1856; that one Durham was in that year appointed his administrator; that he resigned his trust in 1862; that no assets of any .kind ever came to his hands; that no claims against Bishop’s estate were ever filed in court; that no other administrator had ever been appointed; that the widow of Bishop paid all the claims that were presented or that she knew existed against his estate,…